Breaches and Hacks Archive

According to our figures, there were at least 128 publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks in May 2021. And as was the case last month, ransomware was the main method of attack, with 52 reported cases. You can find …

In March, we found 151 publicly disclosed data breaches and cyber attacks, making it by far the leakiest month we’ve recorded. By comparison, there were just 82 incidents in January and 118 in February. You can find the full list …

Following the announcement that Accellion was infected with ransomware, February was bound to be a bad month for the cyber security industry. In total, we found 118 publicly disclosed cyber attacks and data breaches, which accounted for 2,323,326,953 breached records. …

In January, we recorded 82 publicly disclosed security incidents, which accounted for 878 million breached records. You can find the full list of breaches on our sister site, but in this blog, we look at a couple of the more notable …

We recorded 117 publicly disclosed cyber attacks and data breaches in October 2020, making it the leakiest month of the year so far. It surpasses September’s total of 102 incidents, and marks the third month in a row in which …

With COVID-19 spreading across the globe last month – bringing with it a host of cyber security risks – it would have been easy to fear for the worst in terms of cyber attacks and data breaches. But surprisingly, we …

This month has been a mixed bag in terms of cyber security incidents. On the one hand, the 630 million breached records represents a massive drop-off from last month and brings the monthly average back down to about the same …